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Where does “blennen” come from?

blennen (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German blenten, from Proto-Germanic blandijaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlendʰ- — to blend, to mix up; to make cloudy, opaque;...

blennen (Luxembourgish): to blind; to bedazzle

Definitions

  1. to blind; to bedazzle

Ancestry of “blennen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanblenten—
2Proto-Germanicblandijanąto blind
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰlendʰ-to blend, to mix up; to make cloudy, opaque;...
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